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The Martial Elements of our soul celebrate their saturnalia in tragedy.
He who is used to suffering, he who looks out for suffering, the heroic man , extols his existence by means of tragedy,— to him alone does the tragic artist offer this cup of the sweetest cruelty.

“Beauty in itself “ is simply a word , it’s not even a concept. In the beautiful, man postulates himself as the standard of perfection; in exceptional cases he worships himself as that standard.

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The most intellectual men, provided they are also the most courageous, experience the most excruciating tragedies: but on that very account they honour life, because it confronts them with its most formidable antagonism !!!

On pause but I’ll get to it…

But to attack the passions of life at their roots means attacking life itself !!

A Man is Productive only in so far he is rich in contrasted instincts; he can remain young only on condition that his soul doesn’t begin to take things easy and yearn for peace.